Read the Edgar Allan Poe short story “The Masque of the Red Death” I have attached the poem
1) Annotate*
2) Answer the Common Lit questions that are attached with the poem.
*How to annotate (reminder):
- See an unfamiliar or uncertain word/phrase? Look it up and write it next to the word to aid understanding.
- See a word/phrase that could have a symbolic meaning or an unusual connotation? Think. Why might the poet have chosen this exact word? Write your best guess next to the word.
- Is the phrasing the poet is using kind of confusing? Write a simplified version of what they’re saying to aid understanding.
- Can you sum the poem up in a sentence or two? Write it down.
- Don’t understand something? Write it down.
